MBC Group, the voice of the alliance between Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), had announced in Autumn 2019 that it would start to air an Arabic historical drama series about the
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Recent events in Iraq related to the continuing tug-of-war between the United States on one side and Iran on the other might suggest that Iraqis would be better off if the two
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With a record low voter turnout, Iranians elected the ultraconservative cleric and judiciary chief, Ebrahim Raisi, as their new president. Raisi’s victory came as a surprise to no one. As critics say, the elections were
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Biden‘s decision to withdraw US troops from Afghanistan, as well as NATO’s decision to withdraw its troops from the country and capture most of Afghanistan’s cities by the Taliban, has made the
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In the elections, al-Assad tried to send a clear message to both the Syrian opposition and his foreign opponents that their dreams of overthrowing him were over, and many of al-Assad’s supporters
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As it was anticipated for quite a long time, the Iranian presidential election ended with the victory of Ebrahim Raisi, a hardline cleric and the current chief of the judiciary. The June
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Since taking office in May 2020, Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi, who has been trying to consolidate his relations with the United States (US), European states, Iran, and Turkey, as well as
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In the Middle East, some transboundary crises and problems push the capacity of states alone, in addition to interstate political, military, and economic crises. While these transboundary problems may arise from economic
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For a brief, heady moment in the early 1990s, the world appeared to be on the cusp of a great convergence. Having struggled through a century of World Wars and Cold Wars,
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In recent months, with the start of the Vienna talks between Iran and the United States, a new balance of power is expected to be seen in the region, following a possible
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